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Winter Storm Warning 3, NWS Caribou, ME

March 20, 2024Aroostook County, Penobscot County, Piscataquis County, Maine

NWS Caribou, ME issued this winter storm warning at Mar 20, 2024, 3:47 PM EDT for Aroostook County, Penobscot County, Piscataquis County, Maine. It took effect at Mar 20, 2024, 11:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 21 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 20, 2024, 3:47 PM EDT (19:47 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 20, 2024, 11:00 PM EDT
Expired: Mar 21, 2024, 8:00 PM EDT
In force: 21 hr
Issued by: NWS Caribou, ME

Counties Aroostook County, ME, Penobscot County, ME, Piscataquis County, ME

The radar

The Caribou radar (KCBW), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Caribou, ME wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Mar 20, 12:20 PM EDT, 3 hours 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 20, 12:20 PM EDT, 3 hours 27 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 20, 4:07 AM EDT, 11 hours 40 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Caribou, ME issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 20, 3:40 AM EDT	Gale Warning	CAR		57 hr
Mar 20, 3:55 AM EDT	Winter Storm Watch	CAR	Aroostook, Hancock, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Washington	12 hr
Mar 20, 3:47 PM EDT	Winter Weather Advisory	CAR	Hancock, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset, Washington	25 hr

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.